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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Megan Burns
Megan Burns
501 Points
Posted by Megan Burns
Megan Burns
501 Points

How do I color paragraphs? The video never discussed paragraphs.

The video for hexadecimal colors never discussed paragraphs (p) and yet the code challenge is asking me to code the paragraphs to black. I tried using the code p { background-color: #111111; } but it didn't work, neither did coding it as just "color". HALP

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav p {
  color: #111111;
}

2 Answers

Aaron Wuerch
Aaron Wuerch
7,024 Points
Aaron Wuerch
Aaron Wuerch
7,024 Points

What ben said in the comment. Justified answer.

Ben Ragsdale
Ben Ragsdale
14,187 Points
Ben Ragsdale
Ben Ragsdale
14,187 Points

Two things. One, you need to use the p tag and the color property. Two, the hexadecimal value for black is #000000 or #000 for short. 

p {
color: #000;
}

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